Another day where i cannot get on the garden at all - heavy rain overnight which has topped up the floodwater in the adjacent field. From past...
Just got home , surface water everywhere and sat in the car for 10 minutes waiting for the deluge to lighten slightly. I had an interesting...
Well its miserable and wet with no end in sight and i am off shortly for my flu and covid jabs. On the bright side , things should only improve...
A really good day in the garden yesterday , mowing , turning compost , dead heading - all very satisfying. I also decided to move a flowering...
Alexa tells me its 1 degree outside , no frost or ice though . Clear blue sky , sun is very low in the sky now and doesnt penetrate the garden too...
@simone_in_wiltshire . I dont wish to steal @Plantminded ‘s thunder but geum’s are a brilliant plant - i divide mine evry other year . I Just lift...
Great ideas @AuntyRach , Mrs B likes the idea of lemon sugar so if it ever stops raining i will pick some fresh leaves for that purpose
I will try that @Grandma Sue , i think its going to have to be Wensleydale !
I found 3 apples had fallen off the tree today and were in good heart so i picked this little lot . Its Xmas Pippin which i have grown as a cordon...
@ArmyAirForce On first sight i thought this was a scruffy robin !
@fairygirl . Such a great plant , v .bonariensis. I have one at the back of the front borderwhich goes really well with a big abundant pink...
@shiney That is very impressive with the lemon verbena , it must be a substantial grarled old plant by now. I have a couple myself which are about...
@katecat58 wedding for us near Abergavenny too but there are dry days in prospect here so keeping fingers crossed for the wedding and dry weather...
@Liriodendron i have just noticed that you are in the west of Ireland. I visited County Mayo a few years back and was struck by the dramatic...
@Liriodendron - same here but i have had a dribble of strawbs each week since July. The leaves are riddled with small holes some have been...
I am just going to say this very quietly as i dont want to frighten it away but there is some sunshine outside . I shall probably take a squelch...
No chance here either , its hardly stopped since mid afternoon on Friday and set for heavy rain from now until Tuesday (for just a few hours...
@Escarpment i think thats fair comment. I live in a country area and its a myth that the countryside is quiet , unless you are in a remote spot ....
@On the Levels - All those sound great and some i have not heard of before. Its many a year since i made wine but some of my favourites were...
@On the Levels What a treat , wine made by you with your own grapes, such a shame that your harvest is reduced but hopefully this will be a...
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